epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word epochal is overstated, but it felt like it then and it has subsequently proved to be that. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Clement Nyirenda also remarks on how the punditry got it wrong, and finds the voting pattern for the incumbent president's win epochal. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Malawi elections: Upending the pundits’ predictions] Reference
From what I can gather there have been some what could be called epochal shifting events within the Marvel universe as it currently stands. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Lantern] Reference
These kind of epochal changes, which I have called. From Wordnik.com. [SolidarityEconomy.net] Reference
"We didn't really want to hear any more about those films that are generally identified as epochal moments (i.e. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
It's not a "war", and names that promote suggestions along the vein of war or some kind of epochal "struggle" should be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Macleans.ca] Reference
Globalisation has truly ushered in epochal changes. From Wordnik.com. [MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FROM DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA AT THE LAUNCH OF FORT HARE STRATEGIC PLAN 2000] Reference
For Japan, that would be an epochal political shift. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHTING A FUSE] Reference
We're in the middle of an epochal shift in U.S. politics. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Buying Half-Hour Blocs Of Primetime On The Networks] Reference
Eons, eras of epochal proportions go by before you call me. From Wordnik.com. [She tolled me] Reference
The death of Princess Diana was an epochal event for people!. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
That's why the advent of the protease inhibitors was so epochal. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting A Deadly Scrap Of Genetic Code] Reference
This is a tragedy -- a catastrophe, potentially -- of epochal proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lost Turkey?] Reference
The obvious, anxiety-generating cause of the epochal change is global warming. From Wordnik.com. [The Anthropocene] Reference
The present civilization has reached this epochal -- this transition -- period. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Brown and Dr.W. O. Carrington the progress of the congregation has been epochal. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
And if he allows her to proceed, then he could be setting Labour up for an epochal defeat. From Wordnik.com. [Wendy Alexander adds to Brown's woes] Reference
Why would you, unless you're writing your dissertation on epochal events in the 19th century?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?] Reference
Though Nintendo's epochal gamepad had only a D-pad and two buttons, gamepads quickly evolved. From Wordnik.com. [What Will Wii Controller Unlock?] Reference
Nevertheless, I felt the event as an epochal one, and not only for women in Theravada practice. From Wordnik.com. [Sylvia Boorstein: Ordination of Bhikkhunis in the Theravada Tradition] Reference
Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen, Wall Street bonuses are headed for an epochal fall. From Wordnik.com. [City Expects Wall Street Bonuses To Plunge Over 50 Percent] Reference
It was a thing to lay to heart, an epochal page in his history which sleep alone could fitly round. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
The first winter in Illinois, 1830-31, was one of those epochal seasons which come to all communities. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
AND.HARVEY, 1578-1657 A.D. Two other scientists did epochal work in a field far removed from astronomy. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
That was the second blessing, an epochal experience, unlike anything which preceded, or anything to follow. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
That means whatever event you participated in was truly epochal for it to have survived in your subconscious. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
As those who had planned it had hoped, his capture was to prove an epochal event — but in ways they had not envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [Tortured Reasoning] Reference
Doubtless, in another thousand years, historians will look back at our own time and find some similar epochal developments. From Wordnik.com. [On To The Millennium] Reference
Elder brother Adolphe, shy and fearful of this epochal change, thought there was no future for Hermès in the age of the motor. From Wordnik.com. [From Hermes to Eternity] Reference
Nancy Reagan reflects on this epochal first summit, the beginning of a relationship that would lead to the end of the arms race. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Fresh Air] Reference
Is the hunger for "Star Wars" so insatiable that the audience won't notice that this epochal event is actually a little ... dull?. From Wordnik.com. [Star Wars: The Phantom Movie] Reference
So since she can't win enough delegates through the elections themselves, she's trying to invest the NC with epochal significance. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Tuesday's Voting Will Be A "Game Changer"] Reference
The best narrative that has been written yet of this epochal movement is contained in Professor Bury's volume on "The Idea of Progress.". From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Progress] Reference
(Dadoo, Xuma, Naicker Pact 1947) ‘As an epochal agreement’, some assert that the pact, played a major role in the liberation struggle. From Wordnik.com. [October 2007] Reference
The epochal point is that Hollywood, which has been the center of the culture, the coolest place, the ruler of the Zeitgeist, is out of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Plot Sickens] Reference
Indeed, we made the point that the generation that history has placed at the epochal conjecture to attain this goal is assembled here today. From Wordnik.com. [Address - President Thabo Mbeki] Reference
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